Art competition’s Top Ten to be announced November 5

Indiana University East is announcing the inclusions of the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition during a reception for the artists. James Yood, an adjunct full professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the department of Art History, Theory and Criticism, publicly juried the competition held on October 4 at IU East.

The Top Ten winners will be announced during an artists’ reception that will be held on Wednesday, November 5 at 7 p.m. in Whitewater Hall.

The competition accepts entries from artists throughout a 300-mile radius around Richmond.
Accepted entries will be on exhibit in Whitewater Hall now until December 12 in The Gallery at IU East. For more information on the show, please call Ed Thornburg, curator, at (765) 973-8605.

The following 69 entries were selected out of 226 submissions.

Lisa Alexander, Miamisburg, Ohio: “Billy Joel” Digital Photo

Bethany Anderson, Richmond, Ind.: “Lines” Digital Photo

Scott Anderson, Hartford City, Ind.: “Tree of Dogma and Intolerance
Primordial Flowers and…….” and “Fruit of the Tree of Life…” Acrylic on Canvas on Panel